Hook-clasp



Patenteduuly 19,1881.

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No. 244,511.m

UNITI-:n rSTATESV PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK ARMSTRONG, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

`HOOK-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,514, dated July 19, 1881.

' Application filed January 17, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that-I, FRANK ARMSTRONG, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Hook-Clasps; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe-letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specication, and represent, in-

Figure 1, the clasp unlocked Fig. 2, the clasp locked; Fig. 3, the clasp as applied to a stocking-supporter. t

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of clasps which are in the form of a sharp hook, constructed to hook into and engage the part of lthe garment designed to be supported, the object of the invention being to combine with such a hook a shield or protector which will serve both to prevent disengagement and to cover the point of the hook; and it consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim,

The clasp is made from wire of a size corresponding to the use to which the clasp is to be applied. One end is pointed and bent into the form of a hook, a. (See Fig. l.) The other end is bent into the form of a shield or guard,

, b, not altogether unlike the guard or shield of safety-pins. Midway between the hook and shield the wire is bent to form a loop, A, which-may be-of any form suitable for any purpose for which the clasp may he used, and preferably so as to form a spring which shall act to hold the shield forengagement with the hook. This may be in the form of one or more coils at that part, or otherwise. Preferably,

and for the purpose of strengthening the clasp, the two sides are crossed below the loop A, as at d. 'Nearthe end of the side B on which the shield b is formedthe wire is bent at right angles to both the side Band shield b, so that when the shield is placed over the hook, as seen in Fig. 2, therewill be a space, C, between the shield side B and hook side D.

The hook is introduced through the part of the garment to be supported, so as to bring the engaged part at the bend of the hook. Then the shield is clasped over the point and above the bend, as seen in Fig. 2, which not only protects the point, but prevents the pos.- sibility of accidental disengagement of the hook.

For stocking or sleeve supporters a clasp is attached to one or both ends of a strip, E, of

elastic or other suitable material, as seen in Fig. 3, or in the usual manner, for attaching clasps for like purposes.

The side B may be provided with a shield made separate and attached to that side instead of bent from the wire, as shown.

I am aware that hooks have been made from wire with a device to close the mouth of the hook, as for tagfasteners and like purposes, but I amnot aware that a clasp has` been made from wire with a pointed hookl at one end, a shield to receive and cover the pointed hook at the other end, bent intermediately to form a loop for attachment and spring, before my invention.

I claim- The hereindescribed clasp as made from wire, one end bent and constructed as a pointed hook, the other in the form of or provided with a shield to receive and cover its pointed hook, with intermediate bend to form a loop and bring the shield into the relative position to the hook, substantially as described.

FRANK ARMSTRONG. Witnesses: f

T. R. ORUTTENDRN, JAMRs STAPLRs. 

